CVE-2018-1840

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 80.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-12-03 15:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 18:04Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-13

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:H/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

Weaknesses

• CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong SphereClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ff66d46a3d3e03ea7e49987cfbcfc406b1d31709b7b8b99d1d728c42a2df0673

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-websphere-cve20181840-priv-escalation(150813)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150813vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10735767x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com106141http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106141vdb-entryx_refsource_BID